Rectal applicator.



CLIFFORD T. SAPPINGTON, OF FREDERICK, MARYLAND.

RECT-AL APPLICATOB.

Specification or ietters Patent.

Application filed J'annary 24, 1917. Serial No. 144,153. i

of this character, which is constructed from an integral piece ofmaterial and so shaped as to carry thereupon a sheet of gauze or otherunguent carrying material and to be naturally maintained within therectum, so that the unguent is applied to the affected parts in therectal canal, while the outer end coiiperates with the outer sphinctermuscle,

to prevent the unguent from soiling the clothes.

The present applicator is so constructed as to be easily inserted andwithdrawn, and is provided with a flexible soft shank, approximately thefull length or slightly greater than the rectal canal, while upon oneend is an egg-shaped inserting head, for disposition beyond the innersphincter muscle, the other end being provided with a disk shaped head,for disposition exteriorly of the outer sphincter muscle.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a diagrammatical sectional viewthrough the rectum, showing the normal position of the presentapplicator.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the applicator, with the unguent carryinggauze in section.

Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section through the complete applicator withthe gauze attached.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 5 designates the gauze carryingmember, which is made of solid rubber, with the core 6 having a coveringof comparatively soft rubber and constructed so that the shank 7 isslightly flexible with a soft surface, so as not to injure the rectalcanal, due to any involuntary contraction of the muscles about theshank. The inserting head 8, which is egg-shaped with the point attheterminal,

is integral with the shank and is composed of the same material, whilethe integral disk 9, upon the opposite end is formed with the curvedportion 10, which makes the shank Copies of this patent may be obtainedfor side of the disk slightly conical, and provides a face for contactwith the outer portion of the outer sphincter muscle.

The shank 7 is made preferably the length, or slightly longer, than therectal canal, so

Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

that the inner sphincter muscle will contact r the curved portion 11, atthe junction between the head 8 and the shank 7, the inner and outersphincter muscles, thus 00- acting to hold the shank its length adjacentto the rectal canal.

The unguent carrying member 12, is preferably asheet of gauze or otherabsorbent material, and is' adapted to be placed upon the member 5, withthe edges 13 flared outwardly by the disk head 9.

Thus when the applicator-has been inserted in the rectum, the portion ofthe gauze carryingthe unguent and about the shank will supply the sametothe walls of the rectal canal, and the two heads 8 and 9, due to thepositions thereof, relatively to the inner and-outer sphincter muscleswill maintainthe applicator in such desirable posi-' tion. Theapplicator is readily removed, and the gauze removed, and thrown away,while the member 5 may be washed with water and an antiseptic, so that asanitary applicator is provided.

\Vhat I claim, as new, is

1. A rectal applicator comprising a relatively soft pliable body havinga shank, and a head upon each end, and an unguent carrying sheet ofabsorbentmaterial removably surrounding said body. V

'2. A rectal applicator comprising a relatively soft pliable body havinga shank, and two heads,.one upon each end, andv an unguent carryingsheet of absorbent material surrounding one head and the shank, andhaving its edges flared outwardly by the other head. 7 V

3. A rectal applicator comprising a relatively soft pliable body havingan integral shank, eg shaped and disk shaped ends, and an unguentcarrying sheet of absorbent material covering the egg-shaped end and theshank and having its edges flared out- 'wardly by the disk-shaped end.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLIFFORD 'T. SAPPINGTON. Witnesses:

D. GUY THOMAS, J. HARRY KENNEDY.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,D. 0.

